Back in 2015, we were lucky enough to visit Europe for a family holiday. The four of us left sunny Cape Town right before Christmas and headed to snowy Germany, eager to experience a winter wonderland. One of our most treasured memories was discovering an outdoor ice rink (a completely foreign concept to South Africans) in the centre of Munich. We quickly found our way to the bar overlooking the ice and asked for something warm. Four steaming mugs of gluhwein came our way… As we surveyed the ice skaters, cradled the warming mugs in our hands and slowly sipped the steaming spiced wine, we all grinned at each other and vowed that this wouldn’t be the last time we enjoyed gluhwein together.